M. Night Shyamalan Ensures 'Glass' Will Fit Within the "Thrilling" Genre of 'Split'

Filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan made a name for himself with a variety of horror movies, though the director often delved into other genres to deliver audiences exciting tales. His most recent film,Split, is a straightforward thriller, with the upcoming sequel Glass embracing the same thrilling tone as its predecessor despite it being a crossover with the less horrifying Unbreakable.

“For me, they’re almost a different genre, what we’re doing with Split, Unbreakable, and Glass,” Shyamalan shared with ComingSoon. “These are primarily thrillers and they’re very much more contained. They’re not CGI driven, they’re very simple and clean. The musculature that [comic book] movies have are not what we’re trying to do. The idea of what you don’t see is really what we’re insinuating, it’s the power of that.”

“The colors were very important obviously. Each character has their own color that they’re kind of drawn to," the director detailed. "And so is the costume design, the production design and the DP–everyone is forced to use those colors and stay in those palettes. David is green and Elijah is purple and Kevin’s mustard. You’ll see that throughout the piece.”

Split focused on Kevin Crumb (James McAvoy), who has a fractured psyche and kidnapped young girls in service of one of his more treacherous personalities, The Beast. This resulted in the performer having to convey a number of characters, from a young boy to an older woman. Shyamalan teased that the actor's performance in Glass might be even more impressive than what we saw in Split.